sugarless foods

Monday, February 7, 2011

This post took longer than planned. Unfortunately, our whole family got sick for a little while, so I put this experiment on hold. Once I finally started feeling better I got out all the ingredients:

On the far left in the back is one of the sugar substitutes we used: agave nectar. On the far right is evaporated cane juice. We discovered on this one we have to be careful when we buy it. There is a product in a similar container that is an actual sugar. We had to check the back and read the ingredient listing. The one in the picture said evaporated cane juice. The other one said something like organic sugar. We also decided to use a healthier butter spread. We used the same butter in all the cookies.

I made 3 batches, one with sugar and one with each of the sugar substitutes. As a way to keep them separated, I cut each batch into a different shape: The circle was made with sugar, the star was evaporated cane juice, and the heart was agave nectar.

Anthony took the cookies to work and polled his co-workers. Sugar ended up being the favorite. The sugar seemed to have a little more of a buttery flavor that people seemed to like. The ones made with evaporated cane juice ended up being a little hard. I baked them for the same amount of time and tried to make the thickness the same. I wonder if adding a little more butter would help. The agave ones turned out to be the softest, but the flavor was a little off. Some people didn't mind it, but a few didn't really like the taste at all.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

This is our first post to the site. We are planning on doing a recipe each week and this week we are starting off simple. We are doing an old favorite Sugar Cookies. What we are going to do is make the recipe as we normally would and then make it using a Healthy substitute like Evaporated Cane Juice or Agave.

We will take pictures through the baking process and then have a group try them to see how they like the changes. If anyone reading this blog would like to submit a recipe for us to try feel free.

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About Us

About a year ago, Anthony found out that he had a lot of fat deposited on his liver. If too much fat gets deposited, it could erupt and lead to scarring. If this happens, he would need to get a liver transplant. His doctor told him the best way to prevent this was simply by losing weight. We set about looking for a way that worked for us and our lifestyle. One thing we found was to cut back on our sugar intake. Christy loves sweets, so this was hard for her to accept. We decided to find a way for her to enjoy her sweets by replacing sugars with healthy alternatives. This blog is our experiments on changing recipes that need sugar or sugary substances and replacing them with healthier substitutes. We'll let you know if our creations work or not.